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CVE-2025-8715 json

PostgreSQL pg_dump newline in object name executes arbitrary code in psql client and in restore target server

published last yr. modified 4mo ago also BIT-postgresql-2025-8715 , EUVD-2025-24809

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Improper neutralization of newlines in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a user of the origin server to inject arbitrary code for restore-time execution as the client operating system account running psql to restore the dump, via psql meta-commands inside a purpose-crafted object name. The same attacks can achieve SQL injection as a superuser of the restore target server. pg_dumpall, pg_restore, and pg_upgrade are also affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, and 13.22 are affected. Versions before 11.20 are unaffected. CVE-2012-0868 had fixed this class of problem, but version 11.20 reintroduced it.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami postgresql 13.22.0, 14.19.0, 15.14.0, 16.10.0, 17.6.0
  • n/a PostgreSQL 13.22, 14.19, 15.14, 16.10, 17.6
  • postgresql-15 Debian 12 15.14-0+deb12u1
  • postgresql-17 Debian 13 17.6-0+deb13u1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-8715

  • postgresql-14 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 14.19-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • postgresql-16 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 16.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
  • postgresql-17 Ubuntu 25.10 17.6-1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8715

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  • pgaudit RHEL 8 1.4.0-7.module+el8.10.0+22214+9beb89d6
  • pg_repack RHEL 8 1.4.6-3.module+el8.9.0+19330+c97ddbdf
  • postgresql RHEL 8 12.22-5.module+el8.10.0+23469+cd66ea30
  • postgresql-test RHEL 8 12.22-5.module+el8.10.0+23469+cd66ea30
  • postgresql-pltcl RHEL 8 12.22-5.module+el8.10.0+23469+cd66ea30
  • postgresql-plperl RHEL 8 12.22-5.module+el8.10.0+23469+cd66ea30
  • postgresql-server RHEL 8 12.22-5.module+el8.10.0+23469+cd66ea30
  • postgresql-contrib RHEL 8 12.22-5.module+el8.10.0+23469+cd66ea30

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:15361RHSA-2025:15359RHSA-2025:15114RHSA-2025:15115RHSA-2025:15062RHSA-2025:15057

  • postgresql14 SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP6, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7 +2 more 14.19-150600.16.20.1
  • postgresql16 SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP7, SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP6, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 +4 more 16.10-150600.16.21.1
  • postgresql15 SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 15.14-150600.16.20.1
  • postgresql14 SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3 +12 more 14.19-150200.5.61.1
  • postgresql15 SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3 +13 more 15.14-150200.5.44.1
  • postgresql17 SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3 +12 more 17.6-150200.5.16.1
  • postgresql13 SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS +5 more 13.22-150200.5.75.2
  • postgresql17 SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP7, SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP6, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 +4 more 17.6-150600.13.16.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:03019-2SUSE-SU-2025:03005-1SUSE-SU-2025:03005-2SUSE-SU-2025:03018-2SUSE-SU-2025:03031-1SUSE-SU-2025:03030-1

  • postgresql17 openSUSE Tumbleweed 17.6-1.1
  • postgresql13 openSUSE Tumbleweed 13.22-1.1
  • postgresql14 openSUSE Tumbleweed 14.19-1.1
  • postgresql15 openSUSE Tumbleweed 15.14-1.1
  • postgresql16 openSUSE Tumbleweed 16.10-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15455-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15450-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15451-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15452-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15453-1

  • pgaudit AlmaLinux 8 1.4.0-7.module_el8.9.0+3740+0e74851f.alma.1
  • pgaudit AlmaLinux 8 1.4.0-7.module_el8.10.0+3889+48cb11fb.alma.1
  • pg_repack AlmaLinux 8 1.4.6-3.module_el8.9.0+3704+f1f917ce
  • postgresql AlmaLinux 8 12.22-5.module_el8.10.0+4043+6cac3079
  • postgresql-test AlmaLinux 8 12.22-5.module_el8.10.0+4043+6cac3079
  • postgresql-pltcl AlmaLinux 8 12.22-5.module_el8.10.0+4043+6cac3079
  • postgresql-plperl AlmaLinux 8 12.22-5.module_el8.10.0+4043+6cac3079
  • postgresql-server AlmaLinux 8 12.22-5.module_el8.10.0+4043+6cac3079

almalinux advisories ALSA-2025:15115ALSA-2025:15021ALSA-2025:15022ALSA-2025:14826ALSA-2025:14827ALSA-2025:14862

  • postgresql Rocky Linux 9 13.22-1.el9_6
  • postgresql16 Rocky Linux 10 16.10-1.el10_0
  • pgaudit Rocky Linux 9 16.0-1.module+el9.5.0+30638+72f697e1
  • pg_repack Rocky Linux 9 1.5.1-1.module+el9.5.0+30638+72f697e1
  • postgres-decoderbufs Rocky Linux 9 2.4.0-1.Final.module+el9.5.0+30638+72f697e1
  • pgaudit Rocky Linux 9 1.7.0-1.module+el9.5.0+30637+4391fcca
  • pg_repack Rocky Linux 9 1.4.8-2.module+el9.5.0+30637+4391fcca
  • postgres-decoderbufs Rocky Linux 9 1.9.7-1.Final.module+el9.5.0+30637+4391fcca

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2025:14878RLSA-2025:14826RLSA-2025:14827RLSA-2025:14862RLSA-2025:14899RLSA-2025:15021

  • postgresql15 Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19 15.14-r0
  • postgresql15 Alpine 3.21 15.17-r0
  • postgresql16 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +3 more 16.10-r0
  • postgresql17 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 17.6-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2025-8715

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  • postgresql Azure Linux 3.0 16.10-1
  • postgresql CBL-Mariner 2.0 14.19-1

azure linux advisories AZL-66306AZL-66327

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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red hat product security vex CVE-2025-8715 updated cvss 8.8

postgresql: PostgreSQL executes arbitrary code in restore operation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 postgresql, postgresql-libs, postgresql-test, postgresql-pltcl, postgresql-plperl, postgresql-server, +2 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.4) postgresql-test 13.22-1.el9_4
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.” RHSA-2025:15114
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) pgaudit 1.5.0-1.module+el8.9.0+20664+9c30cf7f, pgaudit 1.7.0-1.module+el8.9.0+19797+c4ce5969, pgaudit 16.0-1.module+el8.10.0+20413+d8116364, pgaudit 1.4.0-7.module+el8.10.0+22214+9beb89d6, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.9.0+19330+c97ddbdf, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.9.0+20664+9c30cf7f, +44 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.” RHSA-2025:15115
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) postgresql 13.22-1.el9_6, postgresql-pltcl 13.22-1.el9_6, postgresql-plperl 13.22-1.el9_6, postgresql-server 13.22-1.el9_6, postgresql-contrib 13.22-1.el9_6, postgresql-upgrade 13.22-1.el9_6, +29 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.” RHSA-2025:14862
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) postgresql 16.10-1.el10_0, postgresql16 16.10-1.el10_0, postgresql-test 16.10-1.el10_0, postgresql-pltcl 16.10-1.el10_0, postgresql-plperl 16.10-1.el10_0, postgresql-server 16.10-1.el10_0, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.” RHSA-2025:14826
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) pgaudit 1.4.0-4.module+el8.2.0+9043+1dbb5661, postgresql 12.22-1.module+el8.2.0+23452+508bd26b.2, postgresql-test 12.22-1.module+el8.2.0+23452+508bd26b.2, postgresql-pltcl 12.22-1.module+el8.2.0+23452+508bd26b.2, postgresql-plperl 12.22-1.module+el8.2.0+23452+508bd26b.2, postgresql-server 12.22-1.module+el8.2.0+23452+508bd26b.2, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.” RHSA-2025:15361
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) pgaudit 1.5.0-1.module+el8.4.0+8873+b821c30a, pgaudit 1.4.0-6.module+el8.4.0+11288+c193d6d7, postgresql 13.22-1.module+el8.4.0+23428+e8cf4671, postgresql 12.22-1.module+el8.4.0+23436+e3f9c044.2, postgresql-test 13.22-1.module+el8.4.0+23428+e8cf4671, postgresql-pltcl 13.22-1.module+el8.4.0+23428+e8cf4671, +16 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.” RHSA-2025:15034
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) pgaudit 1.5.0-1.module+el8.4.0+8873+b821c30a, pgaudit 1.4.0-5.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11357+bcc62552, postgresql 12.22-1.module+el8.6.0+23437+7ab3a838.2, postgresql 13.22-1.module+el8.6.0+23444+2be3520b.1, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) pgaudit 1.5.0-1.module+el8.4.0+8873+b821c30a, pgaudit 1.4.0-5.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11357+bcc62552, postgresql 12.22-1.module+el8.6.0+23437+7ab3a838.2, postgresql 13.22-1.module+el8.6.0+23444+2be3520b.1, +18 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.” RHSA-2025:15006
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) pgaudit 1.5.0-1.module+el8.4.0+8873+b821c30a, pgaudit 1.4.0-5.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pgaudit 1.7.0-1.module+el8.8.0+17071+aaaceaa4, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11357+bcc62552, pg_repack 1.4.8-1.module+el8.8.0+17071+aaaceaa4, +31 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.” RHSA-2025:15012
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) postgresql 13.22-1.el9_0, postgresql-pltcl 13.22-1.el9_0, postgresql-plperl 13.22-1.el9_0, postgresql-server 13.22-1.el9_0, postgresql-contrib 13.22-1.el9_0, postgresql-upgrade 13.22-1.el9_0, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.” RHSA-2025:14870
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) postgresql 13.22-1.el9_2, postgresql-pltcl 13.22-1.el9_2, postgresql-plperl 13.22-1.el9_2, postgresql-server 13.22-1.el9_2, postgresql-contrib 13.22-1.el9_2, postgresql-upgrade 13.22-1.el9_2, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.” RHSA-2025:15062
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) postgresql 13.22-1.el9_4, postgresql-pltcl 13.22-1.el9_4, postgresql-plperl 13.22-1.el9_4, postgresql-server 13.22-1.el9_4, postgresql-contrib 13.22-1.el9_4, postgresql-upgrade 13.22-1.el9_4, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.” RHSA-2025:15014
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) pgaudit 1.5.0-1.module+el8.4.0+8873+b821c30a, pgaudit 1.4.0-5.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11357+bcc62552, postgresql 12.22-1.module+el8.6.0+23437+7ab3a838.2, postgresql 13.22-1.module+el8.6.0+23444+2be3520b.1, +18 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.” RHSA-2025:15006
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) pgaudit 1.5.0-1.module+el8.4.0+8873+b821c30a, pgaudit 1.4.0-5.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pgaudit 1.7.0-1.module+el8.8.0+17071+aaaceaa4, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11354+78b3c9c5, pg_repack 1.4.6-3.module+el8.5.0+11357+bcc62552, pg_repack 1.4.8-1.module+el8.8.0+17071+aaaceaa4, +31 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.” RHSA-2025:15012
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) postgresql-test 13.22-1.el9_6, postgresql-test-rpm-macros 13.22-1.el9_6
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.” RHSA-2025:14878
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) postgresql-test-rpm-macros 16.10-1.el10_0
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not restore a dump file from a server or user you do not explicitly trust.” RHSA-2025:14826
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 postgresql, postgresql-libs, postgresql-test, postgresql-pltcl, postgresql-plperl, postgresql-server, +3 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami postgresql
>=11.20.0, <13.22.0
>=14.0.0, <14.19.0
>=15.0.0, <15.14.0
>=16.0.0, <16.10.0
>=17.0.0, <17.6.0
13.22.0
14.19.0
15.14.0
16.10.0
17.6.0

Affected products

  • n/a PostgreSQL

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-93 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences
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References

Sources

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